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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26

twenty-five years ago, when | first
went TO Carson" said a well known gem
tleman OF that city yesterday at d down
town hotel, MARK Twain was just be-
ginning TO come to the front as n humor-
list. He was n quiet, gentlemanly sort OF
n fellow, who could tell a good story and
take his liquid potations with the boys
and not show it much, even If he would
drink all day.
Gin those early days most any sort Of
an entertainment brought out a big crowd,
and when il was announced one day that
Mark was to deliver a lecture for the
benefit Of something or other at the Epis-
copal church, 1t was understood from the
start hat there would be a perfect crush.
well, Mark assembled the steps into
the pulpit about 3 o'clock, there being a
whole lot OF the boys and young women,
friends OF his, as well as a good many old
people in front. Mark made a very polite
bow and then unfolded a gigantic roll Of
brown paper. People thought at first IL
was a big map, but il turned out to be his
lecture written on great sheets OF grocers'
brown paper, with an ordinary grocers'
marking brush. After his bow he turned
his back around TO the audience and
craned his head up to the lamp and thus
read from the big sheets, as though IL
would be impossible for him to see any
other way.
''The lecture was on The Future OF
Nevada and vas the funniest thing I
ever heard. He ~prophesied the great era
Of prosperity that was before us and
sought to encourage us residents of the
sagebrush region by foretelling what APP
peared to be Golconda like tales of i'm
possible mineral discoveries. Right on
the heels Of it, however, came the marvel
Gus discoveries Of Virginia City, and then
we thought he wasn't so far off in his
humorous predictions. Many a time have
/ thought Of that lecture of Mark Twain.
1t ought to have been published. l have
read all his books, and i never saw any
thing in any Of them better than this"
San Francisco Examiner.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26

Jenna has long been VIGOROUSLY one OF
o dearest cities in Europe to live in, and
g milliners of the Donaustadt have made
their minds that they, at least, will do
hing likely to make it cheaper. The
aap MANILA hats that are to be bought in
udon shops for a few pence are very
pular just now among the Viennese
lies--largely, no doubt, because they re-
ire but little trimming, and are indeed
0st ''killing'' when most modestly
Naturally, the milliners are an
we'd at this singular preference for the
cap and becoming, and they have had a
to consider what ought to be
1t was decided to try to bring the
anny hats into contempt, and a day or
. later a large number of scavengers
I crossing sweepers made their appear
e wearing the detested maniIlas. Vienna
; had a good laugh at the cleverness of
q milliners, but whether their strategy
I'D have the desired effect remains to be
IA st. James Gazette.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26

l. Custer, sS.
James Il. Finney and
Lewellyn Williams
VS..
Frederick Helm.
Notice Is hereby given, that by virtue OF an
execution To me directed and delivered, and now
In my hands, issued ont OF the clerks ONCE OF
the First Judicial District Court, Territory OF
Dakota, in and for the county Of Custer, upon y
judgment rendered In said court ~ FAVOR OF
James h. Finney and Lcwel,yn MiHla,ns, co
partners, and against Frederick .Helil, i nave
levied upon the following described real property
OF said defendant, tc-wit: All the right, title
and interest of the above named defendant, In
and 10 lot thirty-two (32(, block eleven an to
gether with the buildings theron situate, IN the
town OF Buffalo Gap, County of Custer and
Territory of Dakota, as shown on the oiiiclal
plat Of said town ON file In the once or the
register of deeds of said county ana territory.
And, that | shall, on Monday, the OH day
December, A. d.. 1887, at the hour OF 10 o'clock
a. IN, Of said day, at the front door Of the court
house IN Custer city, in said county and terri
tory, proceed to sell all the right, title and inter
est OF tRe above named defendant, Frederick
Helm, In and To the above described property,
To satisfy said Judgment and costs, amounting 10
one hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety
nine cents, together with AL accruing costs Of
sale, and interest on the same from the end day
of september, 1887, at public auction, To the
highest bidder for cash.
Dated al Custer City, the 23rd day Of Septem-
Der, 1887,
w. ii. FRYE, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
REM. +. PORTER,
Sheriff of Custer County,, ID. +.
First publication, October ~, 1887.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
Is Insect a SYNONYM for Man,

Is insect" a good synonym for mani
The poets think it is, but / confess / do
not agree with them. Not because the
word is itself absurd as applied to crea-
lures with solidly continuous bodies like
men and women for poetry does not Of
necessity concern itself with the real mean
ings of words), but because | am no pessi-
mist, and think much too well of my kind
TO allow that human beings are either
reptiles, vermin or insects. What ever
MIN are l do not know. In western
America the red Indians are called vermin
by the BLACKBOARD whites. In Australia
vivid horses" are vermin, so on the Con-
tinent are wolves; in our English game
preserves SO are hawks, owls, jays and
weasels. Professional "vermin" killers
mean by the term moles and rats. Patent
''vermin" killing powders and pastes are
directed against black beetles and crickets.
In hospitals ''vermin'' means lice. So
that anything between a red Indian and a
louise may be 'vermin. "-Gentleman's
Magazine,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
The Sword Dham.

Diam which came into the possession of
the celebrated Bedouin poet-hero Antar.
That famous blade was made from a
thunderbolt that had slain one of the
chiefs camels, and when the smith deliv-
cred it, with natural pride, to his patron.
he observed: This sword is sharp, oh
chief Of the tribe of Ghaylib-sharp in
deed; but where Is the smiter for this
swordf" Quoth the chieftain: "As for
the smiter-I am he" and instantly
struck off the smiths head, so that there
should never be another sword Dhaml-
Notes and Queries.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
VAN CIsE & WILSON, ATTORNEYS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, FIRST JUDI
l. cial District. IS. In the district Court
within and for Custer County.
Edwin Van else, Plaintiff,
The PcnobScot Mining CO.,
John Fortune, Isaac Is.
Hammond, and Nj. HOl-
comb, whose full name il
TO plaintiff unknown,
Defendants.
Notice il hereby given, that by virtue Of a judg-
IN mt OF Foreclosure and Sale in the above entitled
action on the second day of August, A. ID. 1897,
and an execution issued upon said Judgment, the
subscriber, Benjamin u. Porter, sheriff Of Custer
County, Dakota Territory, for that purpose AZ.
pointed, will sell at public auction ut the front
door OF the court house IN the City OF Custer.
County OF Custer, Dakota Territory, on Saturday,
the nth day of September, 1897, at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon Of that day, the real estate and
llortgaged premises situate In the County Of
Custer, Territory of Dakota, and directed In said
judgment and execution to be sold, and therein
described AZ follows:
The Penobscot mine, a lead or ledge OF gold
G Gsss'Hs D. .V ". Te t"I" and j. I" :. Mead Ne, dS' and II location cation
certificate filed for record August IL, 1879, said
mine being situate on Greenwood gulch near
kidulie, In Custer Cow Coles mining district
and being "a full claim 800 X 800 feet, together
with all the dips, spurs and angles and all the
mineral bearing quartz, rock and earth therein.
Also one 25-stalnp mill for crushing and reducing
ores, situated in Greenwood gulcl, in said min
Ing district, and known as and called the Pen
obscot mill, together with all the machinery
thereof and all implements and appliances be-
longing thereto. Also the water right OH Green
wood gnlch and that taken from Coles Fork for
use in operating said mill, and the bitches, fumes
and boxes by which the same are carried to said
mill, or so much thereof as may be Sufficient Ia
satisfy said Judgment and costs, amounting I'm
Ill TO Three Thousand and Eighty-nine Dollars
and Seventy cents, with interest thereon from
the date of said Judgment and all accruing costs
Of sale.
Dated at Custer City, ID. T., August 9th, 1887.
BENZ. +. PORTER,
Sheriff Of Custer County, ID. T.
A CIsE Il WILSON, Plaintiffs Attorn sys.
First publication, August 10.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Matter OF the Estates of Jessie Skinner,
deceased, and John III. skinner, deceased.
All persons having claims against the estates
~ either of the said deceased, are required Ia
exhibit the same, with the necessary vouchers,
to the undersigned, Executor and Administrato
oi said estates, at his Office In Custer City, In the
County of Custer, Territory Of Dakota, and that
four months have been limited rs the time for
creditors To present their claims against said
estates.
Dat, ID the 7th day Of July, 1887.
JNO +. THOMPSON,
Administrator of the Estate OF Jon III. skinner,
deceased; and Executor OF the Estate OF Jessi,
skinner, deceased.
First publication, july 8.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
Conditions OF Life.

At n recent meeting Of the London An
thropological institute, DR.. George Harley
sought TO prove that the conditions which
have increased mans comfort and stimu-
lated his mental faculties have lessened
his vitality and recuperative powers,
making him more liable to fatal injuries.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
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societies
a. II Il A. N.


Custer City odge, No. GO, A. F. & A. NJ, meets
in Masonic hall in regular communication or
he first and third Wednesdays of each month.
3. M. BOOTH, W. NJ.
~. v. RUrKowsKI, Sec.
q. A. X.
Gen. Steele Post No. "a meets In regular session
on the list and Bird Fridays of each month at the
Court House Hall at 7:30 p. m. Visiting mem
ber will meet with a hearty welcome.
s. NJ. BOOTH, Commander,
Al FRAY. Adjutant.
4. u. q. r.
FIDELITY Lodge OF I. o., G., T., meets At the
Court. House at 7:30 y, m. Saturday evenings.
J, &. CARR, W.. G. I. G. Z. BoYDEE, w, =.
W. q. r. 4.
The Womans Christian Temperance Union
meets on the LIST and 3rd Thursdays Of each
month at 3 o'clock p. IN. In the Methodist
Church Ladies' are cordially invited to attend
cur sessions.
MRS. A. YERKE rs, Prest
MRS. II. II. X. DENNY, H.. S.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26

Clerk OF Court--F. J. V. Rutkowski.
District Attorney--W. II. Frye.
commissioners, M. Booth, J. +. Street, J. II
Humphries,
Sherif--Benj f. Porter.
Register OF Deeds-Jos. f. Pitcher.
Treasurer--E. IL, Flynn,
Assessor--Samuel X. Maddox.
Judge of ProDate-Cyrus w. Robbins.
Coroner-J, L., Conant.
Supt. of nstruction-Willis c. Bower.
Justice ofthe Peace. NJ. Lewis, Custer.
Constable--Ja Scott. Custer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
CUSTER CHRONICLE
~TERRTT0RY1L OEEICERS

Cover nor-LouisK X. Church.
Secretaiy-M. l.. Mccormack.
Chief Justice-Dartlctt Trip.
Associate Justices--Charles NJ. Thomas, w. b.
Mcconnell, G. s. Palmer and James Spencer,
united StatesAttorney-John 4. Garland.
United states Marshal--D. w. Meratta.
surveyorG eneral-Maris Taylor.
DeIegate to Congress--O. {. clifford.
Territorial Treasurer w, Raymond.
Territorial Auditor-E. w Caldwell.
uperintend INT Of Public lnstruction-A .Sher-
idan Jones. Assistant-J. w, Cowan.
Attorney General-George s. Engel
Commissioner OF Observation-Disclosures DUNBAR
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
Damn Air Not Injurious.

Damp air is not as injurious to the
lungs AS TO the skin. The electric condi-
ton of the air has more to do with its un-
com%fortableness than has its dampness.
When it is positive it is bracing and re-
freshing; when negative it debilitates
and Expresses. If the skin is warm no
fear need be felt of breathing damp or cool
air, either waking or sleeping. Mrs. +.
G.. Cook, NJ. D., in Demorest's Monthly.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
United states Land Of1ce.
OunfyOnIceTs

Rex ister-John X. Whiteside. D~eadwood.
Receiver-John LaFaber, Deadwood.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26

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About 1000 good sized watermelons can
be got into n freight car.
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W. II. FRYE,
SALE.

TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
Il Custer, 81.
James Il. Fiuney and
Lewellyn Williams
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EMBARKING THE MAILS.
SCENES ON AN OCEAN STEAMER
AT QUEENSTOWN.

q Peep at the steeragc Passengers-~As
she Tender Draws Alongside-Fresh
Beauty of Irish Children-Counting the
Mall Bagf..Outward bound.
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TlGGiTORY oF DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
l. Custer. -.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-28

boat hove in sight around Hopefield point,
the men were stationed ut different points
on the elevator, cutting off all means OF
escape. 1t was about 3 o'clock when the
boat made fast, and when the gang-plank
was thrown out the men made Il rush
to get off, but the police, with drawn
clubs, drove them back. Then ensued
scene that beggars description. The boat
had tive barges in tow and nearly every
one OF the laborers cambered up on the
sides, only to be driven back. Then they
got plank and threw it across to the
wheel OF the Dacotah, which was lying
above. One man got of, but was capt
urcd by Detective Armstrong after q
lively chase. Another who was quietly
munching loaf OF bread, sneaked up
under leg and got on top OF the hill
before he was discovered. He ran
like deer, but was captured
by Officers Tidwelf and Bryan. He re-
venged himself by cursing the police and
everybody else. Others attempted to get
off, but without success. The men are in
charge of Mr.. Brown and will work on
the government levee at Kemps, La.
They are Of all nationalities and
are probably the toughest looking lot of
men that ever boarded a steamboat. They
are having good time, however, be-
ing well fed and doing no work.
At every meal they are given
coffee, which the majority drink
out of oyster cans. All the way
down from st. Louis close watch had to
be kept on the men, lest they should in
some way get ashore.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-28

News OF the destruction by fire OF the
stern-wheel steamer Alberta No. 3 was re-
ceived in the city last night. The accident
occurred at IL o'clock yesterday morning Z
near Indian Bay, Ark, on White river,
seventy-four miles from the mouth and 252 |
miles by river from this port The steamer
was on her way from Newport to Mem
phis, and had on board 572 bales OF cotton
and many tons of cotton seed, all consigned
to merchants and oil-mils in this city.
The fire, the origin of which is unknown,
was discovered on the lower deck among
the cotton bales. The alarm was sounded,
the crew responded promptly, and soon
had several streams playing on the blaze.
But il was useless. The fiery fend had
already gained good Roadway. Every
moment the fire grew hotter and hotter,
and though the officers and crew
batilcd nobly to extinguish it they had to
finally abandon their work and flee for
their lives, leaving the fell destroyer
master OF the situation, and from the
banks they watched the flames as they
devoured their pretty little boat. During
all this time there was one who, for tho
time being, had been forgotten, and when
the roll was called he failed to answer.
The missing one was Capt William
Gibbs, the chief clerk of the i'll lated
steamer. The last seen of him was in tho
Office, getting out the books, which he at
tempted to save. The fire was then on
the boiler deck and leaping over the rail
| ing on one side of the hurricane roof. The
| cabin was still free from smoke, and the
old captain was not aware OF his
| Ton nj A VOL
ume of thick, black smoke, closely followed
| by sheets of fire, made its way into the
cabin, and when Capt. Gibbs turned to
leave all avenues OF escape were shut of,
and he was hemmed in by living mass of
fire Old ~ he was, he battled manfullv,
but TO no purpose, and he had to succumb
to the inevitable, and burn with the
little steamer on which he had served so
faithfully. Capt. Gibbs was about sixty
years of age and had steam-boatcd nearly
all his life. lie was well known on upper
White and Black rivers, where he had
many friends. SO far as known no other
lives were lost.
| The Alberta No. 3 was the third boat
bearing that name, in honor Of the daugh-
ter Of Capt. Albert Smith, the commander
and part owner Of the boat. The vessel
was built for Capt. Smith by the Towards,
at JeiIersonyille, Ind, in the summer Of
1884, and was therefore three years
old She was $50 feet long,
thirty feet beam; had two boilers, and
cylinders ten inches with four feet stroke.
She had recently been repaired and over
hauled. and was very pretty
steamer, and without doubt The
best boat oi her inches uiloat ON
western waters. She was valued
ut $4,000 and insured, but for what
amount il is not known. She belonged 20
the Memphis and White River packet
company. The cotton WIS covered by
policies, il IL supposed, in Memphis com
| panies.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-28
TIE LEAyE-T4KING or JEFFER-
SON ia VLS

The wild scene Of farewell or leave
taking, Of their chief by the ex-Confed-
crate soldiers Of Georgia, enacted at Macon
yesterday, is one that hasnevcr been paral-
leled in the history OF America. No
public man has ever been the sub
icct of an ovation 10 thrilling. The
memory Of other days completely
overmastered the marshaled thousands,
and they freely mingled their tears with
those Of Mr.. Davis, as he embraced the
flags that had 80 often led them TO victory.
Their emotions were stirred to tho pro-
foundest depths, and the great throng
wept ~ 40 many children in
presence OF great sorrow. The brief but
proud history Of the Confedency flashed
upon every mind, and cheers for It's glories
alternated with tears for its defeat. No
man in the south today, who reads the ac-
Count Of this demonstration as il is re-
ported by telegraph, will fail of heartfelt
sympathy with the men and women who
for few brief hours lived over again the
stirring memories Of the war. No foolshly
appcasing cry Of NEW south" can ever
lead the people Of the south from the most
rcycrent love and affection for the men,
both great and small, who risked their
lives and fortunes and sacred honor in de.
fcnsc Of the sovereignty Of their States
They fought the battle Of communal
independence which, still endangered
must one day triumph over Capitalization
and vindicate the sacriiccsof thesouth. A,
Gen. Jackson said in his eloquent speech
n speech that recalls the best DAYS Of IN,
oratory Of the south, IL is for this that Mr.
Gladstone is contcnding today. Il was iol
home rule In States and Territories that the
south contendcd; II is for home rule for
ireland, Wales and Scotland. ms well as
England, that Mr.. Gladstone IL fighting as
no English statesman Of his years has ever
fought. Yes, the day will come when the
Interpretation Of the federal constitution
by Calhoun, by which he defined its limita.
ton, will be the universally accepted one.
II must come, II truth and justice are to
survive, and a government Of and for the
people is not TO perish from the earth.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-28

and has always done his duty by his party
fully and iearlessly, and he deserves, as he
enjoys, the respect and confidence Of his
fellow Democrats. Besides, as we have
said he is, as a contractor, devoted TO hisin-
terests and thatof those who are embarked
in enterprises with him, and 80 far from be-
ing man TO be denounced by the AP-
PEAL, either openly or coyertly, he is one
TO be praised as an example Of high integ-
rity, as one who has climbed the ladder
unaidcd, and is worthy Of the respect, es-
TEEN and confidence of the community.
If Mr.. Kelly is correctly reported
in the Ledger, he has made an eggre-
gious blunder, an unaccountable blunder,
because the only mention Of his name in
or by the APPEAJ was that made by his
friends who proposed him as a candidate
for commissioner in card, for which the
APPEAL cheerfully made place.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-28
TELEaRAPHIo BREvITIEs.

Foreign.
Wady-Iialia is threatened by $500 Sou
dancsc.
The Spanish village OF Cadiz has been
burned.
Wilson refuses TO resign his seat In the
Chamber Of Deputies.
Leading Scottish conservatives have ap-
proved woman suffrage
War is imminent in Zulu-land against
the annexation OF Natal.
Nolan, NJ. p, denies he has any
knowledge Of the dynamiters.
Wilfred Blunt was yesterday sentenced
10 two months imprisonment
The French government has thanked
Crispi, the Italian premier, for the happy
issue OF the Sucz canal negotiations.
The London police have disclosed evil
dcncc duplicating Miller and Melville In
tho plot to kill the Queen during jubilee
week.